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[–] toats [S] ago 

I also can't comment on his character but the circumstances around the invasion, trial, and execution are so sketchy I can't help but compare it to a lynching.

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[–] NedTaggart 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

How was it a lynching? He was in prison for 3 years, underwent a trial and was sentenced to death.

Now regardless what you think about the Trial process, the fairness of the process or what type of court it might have been, this was not a lynching. A lynching, by definition is an "Extrajudicial Punishment". This does not meet that criteria.

Words have meaning people. Using them incorrectly weakens your argument.

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[–] toats [S] ago 

I compared it to a lynching because the US was looking for blood. That they handed Saddam over to a court of law is hardly proof against it being a lynching because many things call into question the impartiality and legitimacy of the Iraqi Special Tribunal (kangaroo court).

Past lynchings have had the support of mock trials and kangaroo courts.

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[–] G4 ago 

I don't know a damn thing about the situation, or really who or what he did other than the hanging itself

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[–] QWE ago 

thanks for the input!